1997 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup

1997 World Grand Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	November 14–23
Teams	6
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Champions	Russia (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Yevgeniya Artamonova
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The Second Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup women's volleyball was held in Japan at 14 to 23 November 1997.

Teams[edit]

Team	Qualified as
Japan	Host Nation
China	1997 Asian Champions
Cuba	1997 NORCECA Champions
Brazil	1997 South American Champions
Russia	1997 European Champions
South Korea	Wild Card

Squads[edit]

Competition formula[edit]

The competition formula of the 1997 Women's World Grand Champions Cup is the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 5 remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing is determined by the total points gained.

Venues[edit]

Results[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Russia	5	5	0	10	15	3	5.000	266	165	1.612
2	Cuba	5	4	1	9	13	6	2.167	253	213	1.188
3	Brazil	5	3	2	8	12	6	2.000	235	183	1.284
4	China	5	2	3	7	8	10	0.800	191	218	0.876
5	Japan	5	1	4	6	4	13	0.308	191	248	0.770
6	South Korea	5	0	5	5	1	15	0.067	130	239	0.544

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Osaka round[edit]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
14 Nov	13:00	Brazil	1–3	Cuba	13–15	8–15	15–12	9–15		45–57
14 Nov	15:00	Russia	3–0	China	15–5	15–7	15–3			45–15
14 Nov	18:15	Japan	3–1	South Korea	15–12	15–7	13–15	15–10		58–44
16 Nov	12:30	South Korea	0–3	Brazil	14–16	4–15	3–15			21–46
16 Nov	14:30	Russia	3–0	Japan	15–3	15–7	27–25			57–35
16 Nov	16:30	China	2–3	Cuba	15–9	15–11	7–15	8–15	10–15	55–65

Hiroshima round[edit]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Nov	14:00	Cuba	3–0	South Korea	15–8	15–10	15–2			45–20
18 Nov	16:00	Brazil	2–3	Russia	15–7	7–15	15–9	7–15	10–15	54–61
18 Nov	18:30	Japan	1–3	China	4–15	15–10	13–15	8–15		40–55

Tokyo round[edit]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
21 Nov	14:00	Russia	3–1	Cuba	15–9	13–15	15–6	15–9	58–39
21 Nov	16:00	China	3–0	South Korea	15–6	15–12	15–5		45–23
21 Nov	18:30	Japan	0–3	Brazil	13–15	1–15	9–15		23–45
23 Nov	13:00	Cuba	3–0	Japan	15–7	15–13	17–15		47–35
23 Nov	15:00	South Korea	0–3	Russia	6–15	11–15	5–15		22–45
23 Nov	17:00	Brazil	3–0	China	15–6	15–6	15–9		45–21